Scenario: Allison Albright Your Roommate, Allison Albright, Is a Non-Business

question 60

Multiple Choice

Scenario: Allison Albright Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a non-business major.When she discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior, she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB and what it entails.Based on what you have studied, can you help Allison obtain knowledge of organizational behavior?
Allison thinks that organization is the same as an organism.However, in the field of organizational behavior, organizations are best described as:

• A)legal entities that must abide by government regulations and pay taxes.
• B)physical structures with observable capital equipment.
• C)social entities with a publicly stated set of formal goals.
• D)groups of people who work interdependently towards some purpose.
• E)any social entity with profit-centered motives and objectives.

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Definitions:

Rival Nation

A country that competes with another, often in economic, military, or technological aspects.

Mercantilism

An economic theory and practice that promotes government regulation of the nation's economy to increase state power at the expense of rival national powers.

Trade Surplus

A situation where a country's exports exceed its imports over a given period.

Sovereign Country

An independent state that possesses full self-government and is not controlled by another state.